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• Chatham University’s Aqua Lab Helping Students Learn A New Kind Of Farming

  08-02-2017 23:58
  
  RICHLAND TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Chatham’s Eden Hall Farm in Richland Township is known for sustainable agriculture. Next door to the big barn, the Aqua Lab is doing some farming of a different sort.Laurel Hill Farm has brought 500 newborn trout to the campus.Lab director Roy Weitzel and grad student Samantha Harvey load the trout into three tanks.Weitzel says it’s a practice run for future experiments with “feed recipes that we can grow here on campus, using plants, duckweed,
  
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• Gov. Wolf Announces 51 PennDOT Projects Worth $33M

  08-02-2017 23:50
  Gov. Tom Wolf and PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards announced fifty-one projects to improve transportation alternatives are in line for $33 million in federal funds. "These projects are important initiatives that enhance communities across Pennsylvania to create stronger economies and better infrastructure," Wolf said.
  
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• Social Experiment: Family Gives Up Electronics For 48 Hours

  08-02-2017 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Like your phone going off in the middle of the night, these statistics are alarming. On average, Americans check their phones 150 times per day.
  Looking at it differently, that equates to reaching for your phone every six minutes while you are awake. It adds up to about five hours a day on the phone, and more often than not, we aren’t even making calls.
  We use them to play games, surf the internet, check Facebook or Twitter. It is where we keep our calendar and mo
  
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• Veteran’s Beloved Dalmatian Clinging To Life After Tragic Highway Accident

  08-02-2017 23:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — His home, all his possessions and his beloved dog. A combat veteran has lost nearly everything during a trip back to Pittsburgh.
  The young veteran has been through a lot. He was on his way to reunite with his family until tragedy struck on a highway in Missouri.The crash caused him to lose almost all of his possessions, including his dog. The animal is now clinging to life and the family could use some help.
  Brandon Scherer served one tour in Afghanistan with the Army.H
  
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• Aviary's owlet ready to meet the public

  08-02-2017 23:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  Hatched  at a weight of one ounce 17 days ago, the National Aviary’s newest Eurasian eagle owl is now 12 ounces of fuzzy, fluffy beige down interspersed with the beginnings of tiny feathers.
  
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• Kidsburgh: Program Training Students To Be First Responders

  08-02-2017 22:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — With the cost of college so high, there have been conversations about adding more vocational training in high schools.
  The Pittsburgh Public School District is doing that with a new program that began this school year.
  The Emergency Response Technology program at Westinghouse High School is training high school students to be police officers, firefighters and EMTs.
  When this program was announced back in 2015, it was also mentioned as a way to help diversify public safe
  
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• Kidsburgh: Program Training Students For Emergency Services Careers

  08-02-2017 22:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — With the cost of college so high, there have been conversations about adding more vocational training in high schools.The Pittsburgh Public School District is doing that with a new program that began this school year.
  The program called the “Emergency Response Technology” program trains high school students to be police officers, firefighters and EMTs, or emergency medical technicians.
  This program is in its first year and is already getting huge support fro
  
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• Feds charge Swissvale man with six bank robberies

  08-02-2017 22:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  A federal grand jury has indicted a Swissvale man in connection with six area bank robberies last year, including one in which nearly $80,000 was stolen, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today.
  
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• Extradited hacker pleads guilty to scamming Delmont company, Sharon schools

  08-02-2017 22:21 via post-gazette.com
  
  Moldovan hacker Andrey Ghinkul, whose extradition was hailed last year by former U.S. Attorney David Hickton as an example of the Justice Department's commitment to bring international cyber criminals to the U.S., pleaded guilty today to a ripoff scheme involving a local oil company and a school district.
  
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• Veterans Gather To Show Support & Speak Up For Immigrants In Pittsburgh

  08-02-2017 22:15
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The issue of immigration has been front and center since President Donald Trump started on the campaign trail.
  It escalated when he issued the executive order and the travel ban. Now, veterans are speaking up on behalf of immigrants here in Pittsburgh.
  The assembled group was not large. But, it represented a wide swath of America and the world.
  “I am here to let you know that he fully supports the initiative. He fully supports each of you who understand the import
  
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• Traffic flowing again after car fire causes delays on Parkway East

  08-02-2017 21:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  Firefighters have extinguished a car fire on the outbound Parkway East that had snarled rush-hour traffic, which is now moving in all lanes again.
  
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• Dunlap: Gronk’s Act Is Unflattering

  08-02-2017 21:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) — Call me prudish.Call me starchy and staid if you feel like it.That’s fine, it’s cool, I can live with it.But know this: I’ve done it all. I’ve been wild, I’ve been crazy, I’ve acted like a total fool. I also drink socially now — a couple beers on the weekend and maybe one or two with dinner.What I don’t do is act like Rob Gronkowski acted at the Patriots’ recent Super Bowl parade.BOSTON – FEBRUARY 7: Ne
  
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• Spadafora waives preliminary hearing in incident involving brother, mother

  08-02-2017 21:12 via post-gazette.com
  
  Former lightweight boxing champion Paul Spadafora waived a preliminary hearing today stemming from a December arrest in which he is accused of stabbing his brother and assaulting his mother.
  
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• Report: Multiple Teams Inquiring About Antonio Brown’s Availability

  08-02-2017 20:47
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – It’s no secret that Antonio Brown has done some things that have rubbed his team the wrong way this season, and apparently teams across the league are trying to capitalize on that.
  According to Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report, “several teams” have asked the Steelers about acquiring Brown in a trade.After Antonio Brown created a stir with his FB Live video, @mikefreemanNFL looks at the WR’s future in Pittsburgh https://t.co/TWaJ2auxdC pic.
  
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• Pa. Senate passes controversial abortion ban, sends bill to House

  08-02-2017 20:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — After three hours of emotional debate, the Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday voted largely along party lines to pass a controversial bill that critics say will roll back abortion rights in the state.
  
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• Pa. Senate passes bill altering abortion ban

  08-02-2017 20:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — After three hours of emotional debate, the Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday voted largely along party lines to pass a controversial bill that critics say will roll back abortion rights in the state.
  
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• Pa Senate passes abortion ban, sends bill to House

  08-02-2017 20:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — After three hours of emotional debate, the Pennsylvania Senate today passed a controversial bill that critics say will roll back abortion rights in the state.
  
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• 5 Best Ski Lodges In The U.S.

  08-02-2017 20:00
  
  By Randy Yagi
  The winter ski season is in full swing, with many ski resorts enjoying ideal conditions and an uptick in business. Although the peak season will vary from one destination to another, many winter destinations across the country are already offering off-season rates to entice visitors looking to curb expenses on dining and lodging yet without lowering their expectations. For a few suggestions, the following are five of the best American ski lodges, all of which offer comfortabl
  
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• Officials Trying To Determine Source Of Yough River Spill

  08-02-2017 19:56
  
  CONNELLSVILLE (KDKA) – Officials are working to determine the cause of an oil spill in the Youghiogheny River, near Connellsville.
  A passerby noticed a sheen on the water around 8 a.m. and alerted officials.
  The sheen was spotted between the South Connellsville Beach and the South Connellsville Dam.
  “When we arrived we saw a lot of oil coming down the river,” Phillip Hughes, of the South Connellsville Fire Department, said.
  Initially, crews believed it was from a leaking train
  
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• Police searching Allegheny River Wednesday for missing North Side man

  08-02-2017 19:28
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• Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh professor applies math to real-life problems in Pittsburgh and around the world

  08-02-2017 19:28
  Carnegie Mellon University math professor Po-Shen Loh wants everyone with internet access to think about math as much as they can. His new free website Expii crowdsources math problems and solutions from students, teachers and math enthusiasts from around the globe.
  
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• Police Investigating Death Of 2-Month-Old McKeesport Child

  08-02-2017 18:42
  
  MCKEESPORT (KDKA) – Police are investigating the death of a 2-month-old child in McKeesport.
  According to police, emergency officials were called to a Crawford Village apartment for a report of an unresponsive infant.
  Officials arrived shortly after 7 a.m. and the child was pronounced dead at the scene. However, circumstances of what led to the child’s death have not been released.
  The medical examiner and Allegheny County Police are investigating.
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• Peter Kostis On AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: ‘Favors The Ball Strikers’

  08-02-2017 18:22
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  It’s hard to argue that this portion of the PGA TOUR schedule isn’t one of the most entertaining stretches of the season. One week after the gala atmosphere of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the TOUR is in Pebble Beach, California for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, one of the glitziest and most fun-filled events in the game.
  Begun in 1937, the $7.2 million Pebble Beach Pro-Am features 156 professionals and 156 amateurs, many of them athletes and celebrit
  
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• 2 Dozen Animals Removed From West End Home In Deplorable Condition

  08-02-2017 18:17
  
  WEST END (KDKA) – Two dozen animals were removed from a West End home in deplorable condition Wednesday morning.
  According to officials at the scene, 23 cats and one dog were removed from a home in the 3100 block of Bergman Street.
  Additionally, roaches were found inside the home.
  An unknown number of children also live in the home.
  No other information has been released at this time.
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• Sentenced reduced for convicted pill mill doctor

  08-02-2017 18:13 via post-gazette.com
  
  Oliver Herndon, one of the region's most prolific pill mill doctors, had his federal prison sentence cut on Tuesday as a reward for cooperation against a Monroeville hospice manager who was ripping off the government by billing insurance for patients who weren't dying.
  
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• Sentence reduced for convicted pill mill doctor

  08-02-2017 18:13 via post-gazette.com
  
  Oliver Herndon, one of the region's most prolific pill mill doctors, had his federal prison sentence cut on Tuesday as a reward for cooperation against a Monroeville hospice manager who was ripping off the government by billing insurance for patients who weren't dying.
  
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• Concern Grows For Bald Eagle With Talon Caught In Trap

  08-02-2017 17:59
  
  BONNEAUVILLE, Pa. (AP) – Bird-welfare volunteers are trying to locate a bald eagle that’s been photographed in Pennsylvania with a leg-hold trap clamped to a talon.
  Wildlife rehabilitator Wendy Ebersole Looker told The York Dispatch on Tuesday she will care for the injured raptor if it can be caught.
  The bird was photographed Sunday in Bonneauville, a town about five miles from Gettysburg in south-central Pennsylvania.
  The photographer, Susan Boardman, says she watched the eagle on t
  
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• Man pleads to third-degree murder in McKees Rocks slaying

  08-02-2017 17:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  A McKees Rocks man pleaded guilty this morning to third-degree murder in a 2015 shooting death.
  
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• Man guilty of voluntary manslaughter in tattoo shop attack

  08-02-2017 17:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  A McKeesport man was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter this morning for the beating death of another in 2015.
  
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• Hundreds of students protest DeVos outside Toomey's Station Square office

  08-02-2017 17:13
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• 110 Pounds Of African Drug Khat Seized At Airport, Disguised As Wigs And Weaves

  08-02-2017 16:47
  
  IMPERIAL, Pa. (KDKA/AP) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have seized 110 pounds of an African drug being shipped through Pittsburgh International Airport.
  The dried khat (KAT) plants were hidden among wigs hair extensions sent from Kenya and were addressed to someone in McKees, Pennsylvania. There is no such place, but McKees Rocks and McKeesport are both Pittsburgh suburbs.
  “It is uncommon for Customs and Border Protection officers to encounter any sizable narcotics in Pi
  
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• Police: Man Sought For Exposing Self To Kids In Wilkinsburg

  08-02-2017 16:37
  
  WILKINSBURG (KDKA) – Wilkinsburg Police are asking for the public’s help to locate a man who allegedly exposed himself to children.
  According to police, the man was seen near the intersection of South Avenue and Center Street. An adult scared him off.
  The man is described as being an African-American male and roughly 40 to 50 years of age. He was last seen wearing a black coat and red hat.
  Anyone with information is asked to contact Wilkinsburg Police or call 911.
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• Snow's headed our way tonight; Thursday morning's rush-hour could be a mess

  08-02-2017 16:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Get ready for some real winter weather, Pittsburgh.
  
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• Snow's headed our way tonight; rush-hour could be a mess

  08-02-2017 16:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Get ready for some real winter weather, Pittsburgh.
  
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• Overnight snow to make for messy rush-hour commute

  08-02-2017 16:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Get ready for some real winter weather, Pittsburgh.
  
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• Snow To Move In Tonight, Could Impact Morning Commute

  08-02-2017 16:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – While we got off to a warm start this week, snow is in the forecast this evening.
  According to KDKA-TV Meteorologist Ron Smiley, 2-3 inches of snow is expected overnight in the Pittsburgh area. Totals will be even higher than that for places off to the east.
  The Laurel Highlands will be the worst hit locally with up to 6 inches of snow possible.
  Smiley also has the Interstate 80 corridor seeing a little more snow than the surrounding area with possibly of up to 4 inches
  
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• Snow Moves In, Creating Conditions For Tricky Morning Commute

  08-02-2017 16:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – While we got off to a warm start this week, snow has returned and most everyone is seeing accumulations.
  “This storm is starting to live up to the advanced billing now,” KDKA Meteorologist Dennis Bowman said during the 11 p.m. KDKA-TV News.“It’s settling in pretty good, some areas getting a couple of inches of snow in just the last hour.Vipir Weather Radar showing that snow washing right across the area.
  A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect fro
  
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• Snow Moves In, Could Impact Morning Commute

  08-02-2017 16:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – While we got off to a warm start this week, snow has returned and most everyone can expect to see accumulations.
  A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 7 p.m. Wednesday until 11 a.m. Thursday for the following counties:
  Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Greene, Jefferson and Washington.
  KDKA Meteorologist Dennis Bowman says we can expect 2-4 inches by morning with another inch possible on Thursday. That would put Pittsburgh a 3-5 range total.
  The heaviest snow
  
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• Police Find Nearly 4,000 Pounds Of Marijuana Disguised As Limes

  08-02-2017 16:22
  
  PHARR, TX (CBS)– U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Texas seized nearly 4,000 pounds of alleged marijuana disguised as lime-shaped bundles.
  The seizure occurred on January 30, when CBP officers assigned to the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility encountered a 2001 Freightliner tractor trailer.
  After a secondary inspection, CBP officers extracted 34,764 packages containing a total of 3,947.37 pounds of marijuana inside fake limes, comingled with real key limes, authorities
  
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• Former county worker loses sex discrimination case against medical examiner's office

  08-02-2017 16:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  A federal jury has rejected a sex discrimination claim brought by a former forensic investigator at the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office following an eight-day trial in U.S. District Court.
  
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• Pittsburgh Public Schools Students Protest DeVos’ Confirmation

  08-02-2017 16:04
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Education Secretary on Tuesday, which prompted students to protest in Pittsburgh.
  This morning, 150 Pittsburgh Public Schools students marched to Sen. Pat Toomey’s office in Station Square. As they marched, the students chanted “No ifs, no buts, no education cuts.”
  Yesterday’s confirmation vote was split 50-50 in the Senate, which prompted Vice President Mike Pence to cast the deciding vote.It was the first time in
  
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• Police release new surveillance image of missing Duquesne U. student

  08-02-2017 15:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police are honing in on the path traveled Jan. 25 by a 23-year-old Duquesne University graduate student who went missing.
  
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• Travel Ban Decision In Hands Of Federal Appeals Court Judges

  08-02-2017 15:22
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court will decide whether to reinstate President Donald Trump’s travel ban after a contentious hearing in which the judges hammered away at the administration’s motivations for the ban, but also directed pointed questions to an attorney for two states trying to overturn it.
  It was unclear which way the three judges of the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals would rule, though legal experts said the states appeared to have the
  
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• Pa. Fire Company To Host 2nd ‘Naughty Bingo’ Fundraiser

  08-02-2017 15:03
  
  HOMETOWN, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania volunteer fire company has turned to titillation to raise money.
  The Hometown Volunteer Fire Company in Schuylkill County is getting ready to host its second adults-only naughty bingo night.
  Winners don’t get money, they get “adult toys.”
  The first event last year drew a standing-room crowd of people from several surrounding counties and even New Jersey. Hometown is a tiny village in Rush Township, about 70 miles northeast of Harrisburg
  
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• Warren Violates Arcane Rule, Sparking Senate Dustup

  08-02-2017 14:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans silenced Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren for criticizing colleague and attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions with the words of Coretta Scott King from three decades ago.
  The Massachusetts lawmaker, whose name has been prominent in speculation about the 2020 presidential race, was given a rare Senate rebuke for impugning a fellow senator late Tuesday and barred from saying anything more on the Senate floor about the nominee.
  The chamber is debating the
  
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• Police called out to investigate death in McKeesport

  08-02-2017 14:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  Authorities are investigating a death this morning in McKeesport.
  
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• PTL Links: Feb. 8, 2017

  08-02-2017 14:24
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Monster Jam
  Rania’s Catering
  Rania’s Recipes: Filet Mignon & Roses And Cream Parfait
  Winning Plate
  Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show
  
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• Rania’s Recipes: Filet Mignon & Roses And Cream Parfait

  08-02-2017 14:22
  
  Valentine’s Day is next week and Rania Harris stopped by PTL to show off the perfect meal to impress your special someone!
  Filet Mignon Topped with Lobster Salad
  Extra-virgin olive oil
  4 center-cut beef tenderloin steaks, each about 2 inches thick (about 2 pounds total)
  Worcestershire sauce
  Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  1 pint yellow cherry or grape tomatoes
  Lobster Salad (see recipe)
  Arugula for garnish
  Directions:
  Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  Put a medium cast-iron or o
  
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• Boxer Paul Spadafora Due In Court For Twice-Delayed Hearing

  08-02-2017 14:21
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Former lightweight boxing champ Paul Spadafora is again due in court on charges that he stabbed his brother, kicked his mother then threatened Pittsburgh police who intervened in a family dispute in December.
  Two previous preliminary hearings were postponed because Spadafora’s mother wasn’t available to testify, prompting Wednesday’s rescheduled hearing.
  For now, his 41-year-old client remains in the Allegheny County Jail where his defense attorney says
  
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• Assault Charges Involving Family Dropped Against Boxer Paul Spadafora

  08-02-2017 14:21
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Prosecutors have dropped assault and other charges against former lightweight boxing champ Paul Spadafora for allegedly stabbing his brother and kicking his mother during a family dispute, though he’s still charged with threatening police officers who intervened, and spitting on one.
  Spadafora waived a preliminary hearing Wednesday on a single aggravated assault charge, several counts of making terroristic threats, and resisting arrest.
  The charges against his famil
  
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